You Don't Say

John McIntyre, whom James Wolcott called "the Dave Brubeck of the art and craft of copy editing," writes on language, editing, journalism, and random topics. Identifying his errors relieves him of the burden of omniscience. Write to jemcintyre@gmail.com, befriend at Facebook, or follow at Twitter: @johnemcintyre. His original "You Don't Say" blog at The Baltimore Sun ran from 2005 to 2021, and posts on it can sometimes be found at baltimoresun.com through Google searches.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Awestrunk

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They tell you, and they are right, that it is not wholesome to write a bad review. That it is impossible to do so without sounding snotty. T...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Drunk and Tight: A Sot's Guide to the Elements of Style

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“Before I start to write,” said E.B.White, “I always treat myself to a nice dry Martini. Just one, to give me the courage to get started. Af...
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I'd like to thank the Academy ...

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It was announced yesterday in The Baltimore Sun ’s first Mobbies awards that You Don’t Say won first place in the Misfits (miscellaneous) ca...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Edit twice, publish once

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Back when I used to be somebody, spreading fear and terror while winning glory and wealth as the head of a newspaper copy desk, I harangued ...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

A sweet moment

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On Friday evening, I was driving my son home for the weekend from his cooking job. As we listened to the radio, a sports commentary came on ...
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More ready, fire, aim

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Paul Carr posts at TechCrunch about the hazards of rushing to publication with unverified information. A key passage: I offered some lesso...
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Any grownups out there?

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One of the cannier readers of the post “Papers, please” noticed that I took no position on measures to deal with illegal immigration. That ...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

The rusty iron core

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Alex S. Jones, bless his heart, is a newspaperman through and through,* and it is from the perspective of a newspaperman that he views the r...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

No Nazis need apply

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A gentleman in London named James Nicholls has given a backhanded endorsement to You Don’t Say at his blog: For those of you who feel the ...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

You may fire when ready

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From an advertisement for an opening for an editor at a Christian publishing concern: Knowledge of cannon law, Church history, & world...
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